Ilan Eshkeri - Sacrifice of Tradition | Ghost of Tsushima (Music from the Video Game)

[@SonySoundtracksVEVO]

Listen to the GHOST OF TSUSHIMA soundtrack here:soundtracks.lnk.to/ghostoftsushima

[@EST283]

@Gavin McKoy It’s amazing ok

[@softsoapfish7361]

@@EST283 l ll

[@lenonnade3136]

Yes

[@tainahautamaki5726]

This melancholic music plays at the end of the gameplay version of this game in the fight scene when the Ghotst Of Tsushima Jin and his uncle lord Shimura fight because of this treachery, Jin killing his uncle. I''ve watched the gameplay version of this game a few times, the death of Ghotst of Tsushima''s most loyal horse and partner Sora, and the fight scene between Ghotst Of Tsushima and his uncle''s fight are the most dramatic moments of this game 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 Rest in peace Sora you was most loyal horse now you can rest in peace butt we are going to miss you 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@lewhanwen4302]

"You have no honor-" "And you are a *slave* to it!"

[@brucesnow7125]

"I have no honor, but I will not kill my family"

[@medinbeqiri8346]

“You will be remembered as a good samurai a wise leader and a father

[@zten9092]

@@medinbeqiri8346 "Thank you, my son. Find me in the next life "

[@ChiriConCarne]

@@zten9092 I chose this ending and I hits so hard

[@zten9092]

@@ChiriConCarne It really does

[@logancromwell5193]

Damn...I miss my old horse. You won’t be forgotten Kage.

[@mankyscotchgit4986]

You were faithful to the end, Nobu.

[@firecrackerjack68]

@@mankyscotchgit4986 I chose the white horse and named him Nobu too. For me Nobu symbolized Jin's honor and when Nobu died, Jin's honor died as well.

[@mankyscotchgit4986]

@@firecrackerjack68 My Nobu was also white!

[@logancromwell5193]

Manky Scotch Git Kage was a good black horse

[@goddog8739]

@@logancromwell5193 same here

[@wakeful452]

"It is time. Write the final words of Clan Sakai." "And Clan Shimura."

[@biloume9864]

"Find me in the next life"

[@Raziel03]

Mista 😭😭😭 The uncle was so cool😭 and I’m so sad that it can’t be a good ending where both are together as Samurais

[@The9410014189]

When i saw that i thought they both gonna do seppuku

[@mohdzorinmohammedwazir1358]

"I have no honour,but i will never kill my family."

[@a1phamalestud]

Zorin Wazir I put my dagger through his chest

[@TheNewFlutist]

"This is not my revenge. It is my punishment."

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

“Killing me will only make it worst!”

[@Surfacekilla1]

"Let me go in peace"

[@ospinra]

“I don’t want to hurt you”. It would’ve been great if Shimura replied with “you already have”

[@TheNewFlutist]

@@ospinra "The wounds you have dealt my spirit will never heal." close enough :(

[@parthpawar6169]

"give me a warriors death"

[@TheScorpion1296]

This game will go down in history as one of the best Playstation exclusives ever. This game is a masterpiece

[@IPromiseTomorrow]

This game will be remembered as one the classics. I will tell my kids about this game when they are in their teens and learn the ways of life other cultures lived by. So they can understand why Shimura is acting "off". They will know Shimura can't abandon his code.

[@bossudiavolo6104]

Its the game i love the most after the god of war franchise

[@spyder4108]

Facts bro

[@Ryan-uu3fs]

I will def play this and rdr2 with my future kids

[@eldensquall6158]

GOTY 2020!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@astrax2426]

I remember my first horse was white and called Nobu to represent Jin's honor. But when Nobu died along with Jin's honor I chose the black one and named it Kage.

[@jawsattachs7879]

Bro, i did the same thing

[@goldengio6520]

Yooooo I did the same exact thing

[@wingsofhermes98]

for me it was the opposite my first horse sora was black and my new horse was white i called her yami

[@gregoireappaerts1161]

Lmao I did the opposite

[@williamr.c.4168]

Same bro

[@TNovix]

"You were my son" I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

[@poomshroom6175]

yup... I didn't spare out of respect for shimura.. but I loved him so much ;((

[@vicious592]

Same !!! I still cried

[@pablopablopabla23]

TNovix if you didn’t cry at that part you’re a psychopath

[@siegwardofcatarina100]

You broke such a promise didn't you understandable

[@Zer-db1bp]

@@poomshroom6175 It’s funny that there is debate on which is the “good ending” and which is the “bad ending” It’s all a matter of perspective .

[@calvinang]

Our final day together... It's beautiful.

[@lejenddairy]

The feels 😭

[@NoxForest]

:(

[@zten9092]

It's time. Write the last words of Clan Sakai.

[@miguelizo1]

@@zten9092 and clan Shimura

[@MrBepis-qx5ye]

The Last Samurai vibes

[@lionheart4424]

Seriously, Sucker Punch was spot on with everything: story, artists, designers, and of course the musicians. What gem of a final game to close one of Sony's finest eras.

[@origamifan5515]

this game is definitely on my "to buy and try" list, but from what I've heard about its detractors, and from what I saw from gameplay, while the game makes an excellent deconstruction of the Bushido, and ultimately shatter the Paragon that Samurai were perceived as, the problem is, the mongols are caricatures of bad guys. the standard mobs attack civilians on sight, and the one fully fledged mongol character, Khotun Khan, is an unrepentant monster. It would have been nice to add moments where the mongols soldiers actually show mercy to the inhabitants of the island (like, say random encounters where mongols soldiers actually help citizens, like, escorting them from town to town or helping one fix his carriage and so on...) or having another major mongol character who would have been depicted in the game as growing more and more disgusted by Khotun Khan's methods (like a certain character I won't mention because spoiler), and eventually turning on him (not in the "I'm with you now, Jin Sakai" sense, in the sense where he actually send messages to his hierarchy back in the mongol empire to tell them about Khotun Khan's exactions), that would have depicted the mongold in a more realistic light rather than making them puppy-strangling machines, imo.

[@ReblazeGaming]

@@origamifan5515 This is not a realistic game. The mongols did a good job at being enemies to kill. If I wanted to know what the mongols were actually like I'd watch a documentary but I see where you're coming from.

[@babycornsnake]

@@origamifan5515 The game portrays the Mongols better than how they generally acted in warfare. Besides, this is a historical fiction. Not historical fact.

[@jjuan4382]

@@origamifan5515 well actually there is a lot of depth with the mongols, like how in one of the camps you liberate theres a grave of a mongol, you can tell by the spear, sheild and helmet. And if you read the records of khotun khan you would know he isnt just ruthless but also intelligent, forgiving, wise and open to new ideas like Jins poison. I get what you mean about the portrayal but the mongols in history were really brutal with those who denied rulership and they killed millions probably stagnating future development of technology for a couple of years.

[@DarkoRavens]

It may be the last PS4 exclusive, but we are still getting Horizon: Forbidden West, God Of War: Ragnarök and GT7:)

[@southglare_axe7397]

"Eyes that saw my pain A bond broken forever This is where we part"

[@hunkirino]

"Hands that forged the world A bond broken forever Will death redeem us?"

[@furious3916]

Yoooo same haiku

[@a_normal_nobody]

"Eyes that saw my pain A fate neither of us want Will death redeem us?"

[@thatonefeller525]

Picked the same xd

[@parsa1011]

Same bro, I finished today 😭

[@amrealhuman4718]

“I have no honor, but I will not kill my family.”

[@annoying_HK_guy]

"The Ghost would hunted for the rest of his days……"

[@redharlow76]

@@annoying_HK_guy I know...

[@mike589]

The truly cannon ending to me

[@bigbrotherandlittlebro]

@@redharlow76 ​"jin sakai put the mask on and walk the away"

[@JoseNiceguy]

​@@mike589 I enjoyed the kill ending more; it had greater emotional impact. But, I agree with those who say that the spare ending is the canon one. Jin would never kill his own family, even if it were their wish.

[@KKOJohnson]

“The wounds you dealt my spirit will never heal”

[@zten9092]

"Killing me, will only make them worse "

[@mbbmichal]

"let me go in peace"

[@jak7138]

"I cannot fail the Shogun"

[@zten9092]

@@jak7138 "You want revenge. For my failure "

[@abbudi222]

"not a demon or a ghost, just a man"

[@jupiter_adept]

I think I found this fight so damn difficult because I didnt WANT to fight Lord Shimura. I wanted to fight Ryuzo, I wanted to fight Khotun. I spent the first few minutes just defending and evading, hoping maybe it would be time-gated.

[@kt1787]

I did every duel prior to the ending, practicing, thinking that I would have an epic final boss be the Khan. But after reaching the end, I realized I will be fighting Shimura

[@AlguienCualquieraDelMundo]

@@kt1787 same, i did all the duels, all the secondary missions and free all the enemy outposts before go to fight the khan. When I fought him and later defeat him i feel great but at the same time I did feel that something isn't right. Then the real final mission started and I realized that it has the time to pay for all the sacrifice and wrongdoings that Jin maded in order to stop the khan.

[@hannsimlucht7605]

I think I found it difficult because he kept goddamn one-hitting me on lethal xD

[@dvandersande]

I did the same thing. I actually let him kill me twice just to make sure. In the end I chose to kill Lord Shimura as a final goodbye to him, letting him die the way he wanted to, with honor.

[@tonytan5945]

@@kt1787 The Khan was the final boss of the plot. Lord Shimura was the final boss of the story.

[@CKainn]

SPOILERS FOR ENDING SCENE: how I saw the spare vs kill: spare: Following Jin's code, which was that it was morally wrong to kill his uncle as he loved him. kill: Following Shimura's warrior code, an act of honor and duty. I chose spare. Jin no longer abides by the Samurai code, he puts his morals above it, and loves his uncle too much to bear killing him. Either way, no ending is truly good. They are both tragedies in their own rights.

[@jaredmuntean7817]

I feel the same. I actually chose to kill shimura tho considering the shogun was going to punish him if not kill him if he didn't cut down jin. Just seemed like giving him a warriors death was the much more respectful route.

[@chivasroco1752]

@@jaredmuntean7817 my thoughts too. I killed shimura because it was his way.

[@jaredmuntean7817]

@@chivasroco1752 right. Plus you gotta think too. Shimura's life was pretty much over once Jin was deemed as a traitor. He really didn't want to start a new family. I think killing him was probably way more kind than walking away

[@chivasroco1752]

@@jaredmuntean7817 I have to admit I was for real struggling with this decision. I was at first even hesitant to attack him because I thought he would stop. But there was no other way...

[@jaredmuntean7817]

@@chivasroco1752 yea same. But when you think about it, jin had no honor when it came to fighting the mongols bc they did not deserve it. However his uncle did. That's why I think that ending is much more impactful

[@animecompilations8810]

The scene this song plays in is just too heartbreaking.

[@poomshroom6175]

absolute tear jerker :( ...who am I kidding I definitely cried a little

[@lamiafamily]

@@poomshroom6175 Me too. And I am terrible at expressing emotions. But this...😢

[@TheLastSaiyan99]

2:24 "You want revenge, for my failure" "This is not my revenge, it is my punishment !"

[@eduardor-o4884]

" the wounds you've dealt my spirit will never heal"

[@therealjohnmarston]

​@@eduardor-o4884 killing me will only make them worse

[@gamerggs4063]

“The ghost will be hunted for the rest of his days” -uncle

[@CyroFailyuh]

Lord Shimura**

[@deadlyknight8868]

Didnt he say hunted?

[@gamerggs4063]

Deadly Knight no

[@deadlyknight8868]

@@gamerggs4063 nah mate i hade subtitles and it said hunted

[@gamerggs4063]

Deadly Knight oh

[@MizzterFu]

Eyes that see my pain... Souls divided by destiny.... will death redeem us?

[@amazonworker3107]

Heyy, we have the same Haiku

[@vicious592]

Everything is the same for be but the first part. I chose “hands that forged the world”

[@pal.]

*saw

[@hunkirino]

"Hands that forged the world A bond broken forever Will death redeem us?"

[@furious3916]

Eyes that saw my pain A bond broken forever Is this where we part?

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

Headband of Ruin: Shattered and hopeless A revenant of our failure Broken and consumed

[@TNovix]

Chose those lines as well

[@che-chos-beja3652]

It basically fits perfectly with Jin's ending. Sakai Clan vanished Shogun wanting him dead And his only family making the Shogun's wish. The Ghost Army is celebrating. But deep inside. As all the other Ghosts. The Ghost of Tsushima is dead inside.

[@evexian]

“Let the Shimuras of the world keep records and manage councils.. We are the lighting in the storm... The avalanche that topples a mountain. That is Clan Sakai.” -Kazumasa Sakai I adore this quote.

[@Butter_Warrior99]

Jin truly was Kazumasas son. And the greatest Samurai of Clan Sakai.

[@omermaximus]

when did he say that?

[@kin2skyrim]

"The wounds you dealt my spirit will never heal." "Killing me will only make them worse."

[@zten9092]

"Thank you, my son. Find me in the next life "

[@rinzler1801]

🥺

[@annoying_HK_guy]

"I will" As you stabbed your uncle'heart,it slowly stop the beating……so as your tears fall to the ground

[@PrinceApollo117]

I cried as the credits rolled

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

"Find me in the next life." "I will." *Manly tears filled with honor*

[@SpathiTS]

It's crazy to me that so many people will write off videogames as a waste of time or whatever, but then they'll go ahead and sit down and watch a movie. Yet games like this exist, and tell a story better than most movies could ever wish to tell.

[@pearified371]

this game doesn't get enough recognition. the whole game was a masterpiece and the gameplay doesn't get tiring.

[@eternalblessing4984]

Might be since it's PlayStation exclusive, but this game deserves to be recognized more with some of the greatest for sure

[@KeiBrightwing]

This ending is one of the best I have seen in my three decades as a gamer. I cried all the way through the credits, it hit me so hard and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

[@demonofdeath2020]

Three decades????? Damn you old now

[@KeiBrightwing]

@@demonofdeath2020 Yes, and I'm not ashamed to admit that either :D

[@demonofdeath2020]

@@KeiBrightwing I'm gaming since i can remember easily atleast 12 years even more

[@ashallion1186]

0:00 is a rendition of the Ghost of Tsushima theme, and it grows in magnitude until around 2:23, where a version of Lord Shimura's theme can be heard, signifying the two sides of the final duel. As the song progresses, it becomes more and more obvious that this is no battle fought out of a need to kill, or out of hatred, but of pure sadness and obligation, either to continue protecting one's people, or to uphold one's virtues and honor. These two individuals, like two sides of the same coin, are too opposite to be able to work together any further, and they both understand this with a grim revelation beginning at Castle Shimura, and concluding and enclosing their struggle in the Sakai cemetery.

[@alekdoesvideos]

For those who arguing that Jin should have killed Shimura - you're forgeting the final lesson of Ishikawa sensei! - Family should come before the honour.

[@cucumberjoe6824]

shimura wouldve been forced to commit seppuku later anyways, so you may as well grant his last wish

[@DvHarris-uw3ze]

Or they understand that honoring Shimura's wish would grant their last living relative with an honourable death, something he very much desired. After the duel either Shimura dies, or Jin dies in Shimura's eyes. At least Shimura and Jin's final moment can be of father and son. Jin's honour is already gone, I won't let Shimura be forced to live without his.

[@tonytan5945]

You say that as if giving him an honorable death isn't also a family-driven choice.

[@01_SPACE_C0WB0Y]

It wasn't about the honor in my mind, it was respecting shimura's final wish. As others have said, he also would've likely committed seppuku at the command of the shogun anyway.

[@banglarbagh694]

I also just couldn’t kill him. My mind said killing him was the right decision but I just couldn’t do it! I just felt an fatherly like emotion for him! I already lost one but not another.

[@danielwood6833]

“The wounds you have dealt my spirit will never heal...” “Killing me will only make it worse. Let me go in peace.”

[@stormbringer7773]

" I can't fail the Shogun! "

[@atsyrc7280]

The last fight with shimura really had me crying a little. Every swing I made with that sword just made my heart ache and shed tears. I spared him in the end. I just couldn't kill him at all.

[@demonofdeath2020]

Exactly the same feeling and some people say it's just a game !!! Bruh it's not man trust me some games are not just games they are life and soul

[@Will-gg1zr]

@@demonofdeath2020 I spared him in my first play through and when i recently replayed the game before the iki expansion came out I killed him, I feel like sparing him is the right choice story wise but man killing him hits so much harder.

[@demonofdeath2020]

@@Will-gg1zr i already defeated him over 15 times in replay duels i just love this fight !!!!! The music and the melody in the middle

[@cosmic2750]

I spared him in the first playthrough. But like, later on I wanted the White Ghost Armor, and so I had to kill him :(

[@danielannett1019]

Eyes that saw my pain A fate neither of us want This is where we part - Last words of Clan Sakai

[@solidsnake9898]

... and Clan Shimura.

[@Elias-xr2kt]

One of the saddest video game battles I never wanted to fight. Where you’re forced to fight your only remaining family, the man who was pretty much your father after you lost your parents. Saddest moment of all😭😭

[@__ilogy]

😔

[@hunterdombrowski8758]

I think the most beautiful thing about this, is that it’s a combination of 3 different themes. “The Way of the Ghost”, “Jin Sakai”, and “Lord Shimura”. This game did everything spot on.

[@timoplays478]

1:35 hit different yo.

[@Apollo3x1]

I think that part and the whole song as dreadful, theres no way Jin is losing since you're playing as him, thus the knowledge that you're going to defeat your Uncle/Father makes you delay the inevitable.

[@biscuitleon3133]

“Uncle, forgive me”

[@Experiment_765]

It was the right choice! Still...is sad.

[@biscuitleon3133]

Experiment 765 yes it is. Seeing Jin and his code starting to wane away.

[@medinbeqiri8346]

Honor vs Effectiveness. How do you fight an enemy that will try to win in every way possible? A bitter story between uncle and son. Fighting to save the people but without honor and fighting with honor but being predictable. A story with no good ending truly a work of art.

[@matty_daddy]

Tbh both endings are good and they’re for perception

[@GunManGunHand]

@@thotslayerdante5737 he does, the Shogun orders for the death of Lord Shimura. It is also brought up in conversation amongst the commercial that the Lord has died, even after you spare him. I chose to kill lord Shimura, not for my honor, but for my uncles honor.

[@VixsenUwU]

1:58 The feels man...

[@Strong_the_Panda]

I had a hard time with this boss fight. Not because i was bad but because I didnt want to fight my uncle. Its hard when you do things a different way to make your life better and your family hates you for it.

[@Kaous10]

I don't think Lord Shimura hated Jin, quite the opposite I would say. However, he held duty and honor above all as that was the way and he had a direct mandate from the Shogunate to execute Jin. In his eyes he had no choice but to do his duty as much as it broke his heart. That is why I chose to kill Shimura, not for Jin's honor but for Shimura. Because it meant a lot to him and him failing in his duty would have greatly dishonored him while dying in honorable combat was honorable. And given the way the culture was back then, he would have likely been ordered to harikiri for failure in his duty to regain his honor anyway even though that is not what happens in the game.

[@archivedaccount2000]

@@Kaous10 yea exactly. Putting ourselves in the context is important. Dying a warrior's death was important to all committed samurai and meant that they would be reincarnated as a higher level being. Though I personally chose to spare, to reflect the ghost leaving the flawed samurai code behind.

[@Kaous10]

@@archivedaccount2000 I can see why people would spare him but I think Jin loved him enough to honor his wish. Jin's honor was already gone so there was no regaining it for him. However, killing Lord Shimura was the selfless act as it wasn't for him but for Lord Shimura. Jin did what he had to do in approaching the mongols to save the most amount of lives I agree, but he really put Lord Shimura in a shitty situation by doing what he did in that society because not only had he broken the code severely, he had made the people lose faith in the chain of command and the Shogunate itself and that wouldn't be allowed to stand. Lord Shimura had put his name and therefore reputation on the line by asking the Shogunate to adopt Jin officially. Then by Jin doing what he did, he unwittingly dragged Lord Shimura's name through the mud with him. He backed Lord Shimura into a corner at that point and Shimura was honor bound to kill him to regain his own honor as the Shogunate saw him as the one who created this problem. Lord Shimura would have never been allowed to be in peace had he failed to kill Jin who had become an enemy of the Shogunate at this point.

[@danielsmid3777]

Hahha, what about Last of us part 3? xD bte I loved that game

[@manuelcolombo1554]

No you are bad bhhahahahha

[@CeeJayy_Ledesma]

Find me in the after life Jin

[@shrimp3rjr413]

"Find me, in the next life"

[@requieminreminorek6265]

I will

[@folgtdemherrn5821]

I will make sure you will be rememberd as a great warrior as a wise leader and a father

[@miriotogata644]

@@folgtdemherrn5821 i think that was the real good final :(

[@folgtdemherrn5821]

@@miriotogata644 yeah you're but somewhere he knows that he made his uncle proud by killing him with a warriors death

[@Malerba29]

2:22 is where you heart start pumping faster and your eyes go on waterfall mode.

[@eduardor-o4884]

" the wounds you've dealt my spirit will never heal"😢

[@jak7138]

"You have no Honor" "And you are a slave to it"

[@Thomas-uv5tz]

Jin's pain was massive, all the sacrifices he had to go through in pursue of the salvation of his homeland, but do not forget that Shimura suffered as well, and not a little: he fought in the name of honor and his legacy, but his legacy has always included Jin, his son who was willingly adopted by him. So seeing Jin following the path of the Ghost, seeing him sacrificing everything for Tsushima although he would be called traitor, not being able to help Jin in any way because as the jito he would have stained forever the tradition of samurai if he dared to follow the Ghost, all this hurt Shimura so much that he lacks every confidence in his last mission, put the tale of the Ghost to an end. In the end Shimura prefers to face Jin in a duel because out of all his options these were the best two: killing Jin in order to maintain the culture of samurai which have always maintained peace, or having an honorable death after a duel with his son, saving Jin. Neither of these are correct and Shimura knew this, he knew that things that he loved would be harmed anyway, was it his son or his country. Shimura infact never wanted to win this final fight, but loosing it meant bringing offense to his and his ancestors' legacy: in the end when he looses he asks for an honorable death to prove if Jin still believed in the samurai, but also to end all that painful conflict he had inside.

[@alfieomega]

well said

[@andrewcharles6489]

I played this song and my dad heard it and he said it is a beautiful piece of storytelling because the song conveys something very sad something dreadful something that has a lot of weight. The man has never played the video game and doesn’t even know what it is but that just shows how beautiful this piece of music is. Not a word uttered but such a powerful story told.

[@victoryfraud1756]

These parts right here 2:53 and 3:43 sends chills down my spine. Of coarse the buildup throughout the track is what makes those specific moments of the track so amazing in the first place.

[@kanaray9646]

100% brother! 🙌

[@demonofdeath2020]

Bro that part tears my soul it equals the first hunter ost from bloodborne

[@Spider-Man2094]

This game is on par with Red Dead Redemption 2. Both great stories with bittersweet endings.

[@RattleheadPlays]

You are Right Spartan.

[@hamoshytube1853]

This game is a masterpiece, but red dead redemption 2 is on another level.

[@DurpyKraken]

Idk. Tbh I thought RDR2 was pretty shit in terms of story. But I do agree with the endings

[@bro...5849]

@@hamoshytube1853 Both were fun but I enjoyed Ghost of Tsushima gameplay more

[@DurpyKraken]

@@UKEDNHAT7 I have an unpopular opinion so therefore I haven’t finished the game? I just commented about the endings!! People need to stop overrating games

[@milksteaven4559]

As much as I wanted to spare Lord Shimura, I chose to kill him to honor his final wishes. Lord Shimura wanted to die seeing his son honoring the samurai code one last time. The Shogun was already out for Shimura’s blood because he had already failed to kill Jin. Shimura no longer had retainers. He was poised to be replaced by another clan.

[@kartikayysola]

Exactly. And even in the mission where you sneak out of Castle Shimura, you can hear the other samurai talking about how Shimura's failures are starting to add up, and that another clan may have to clean up the mess afterwards. With that context, I just don't see how Shimura gets away scot-free if Jin spares him.

[@LazzyVamples]

@@kartikayysola Yuna and Jin talk about it after the credits if you spare him and it doesn't seem like anything happened. Also, when you tell Shimura that you won't kill him, he tells Jin that he'll be hunted for the rest of his days for his actions, but he's suppressing a smile while he says it. sparing Lord Shimura is definitely the better ending.

[@kartikayysola]

@@LazzyVamples "it doesn't seem like anything happened" Yet. I'd be willing to bet they're saving that for a sequel. And he didn't look like he was smiling at all in the spare ending to me. Why would he? He asked for an honorable death and his nephew refuses to grant even that wish. Now he's stuck with having failed to kill Jin TWICE, coupled with the previous defeat at Komoda Beach in the beginning of the game and the fact that it was Jin who ultimately took the Khan's head. With the new samurai clans coming in that owe Shimura absolutely nothing, it's just hard for me to see how he isn't living on borrowed time if he is spared.

[@LazzyVamples]

@@kartikayysola He's DEFINITELY suppressing a smile. either you weren't paying attention or you don't know how to read expressions.

[@kartikayysola]

@@LazzyVamples okay let's say you're right for argument's sake, I still don't see how that refutes anything I said in the comment before. Plus on my end, I just didn't have it in me to say no to the last wishes of Jin's only remaining family.

[@scythesnatcherTV]

I’m in love with this games soundtrack

[@DinoMan_6]

This was Game of the Year.

[@daz211]

"Half as long..." "...Twice as bright, Jin. The shogun demands I kill you.." "I know.."

[@HardcoreBeta]

"Eyes that saw my pain. A fate neither of us want. This is where we part."- The last words in the line of Clan Sakai..........and Clan Shimura.

[@shark_shield2518]

1:58 and 3:31 Goosebumps

[@Black_Swordsman76]

The way of the Ghost

[@tigeroncrack8327]

2:50 is my favorite part.

[@depthsothenso813]

At that part I was going crazy with the charged up water stance stagger then we traded blows with 1 hp left with the moon stance and finished him with the wind stance kick.

[@XiangYu94]

*Water Stance Spamming Intensifies* + Wind KICK!

[@Moisha695]

1:27 this is best part

[@augusthasani6588]

This game left a really profound impact on me, especially given my time playing it was the peak of the pandemic. Everything was falling apart in my world, but not on the level of Jins, I got evicted from my childhood home (And I had to bail my very dear family member out financially, and I found out how bad her gambling addiction was) right at the start of Covid and right as soon as I finished unpacking in the new place, I sliced my achillies tendon and couldn't walk for almost six months. Given what I said earlier I was very bitter and isolated, and then this game found its way to me. Whenever I feel like my past is tying me down, I come back to this game and its amazing music to remind me of how Jin Sakai burn a path ahead and endured.

[@superiusnoobus1305]

2:03 “the wounds you dealt my spirit will never heal!”

[@Spider-Ranger196]

"Killing me will only make them worse!"

[@lordpeepeeofclanpeepee4378]

Lord shimura gave Jin so many chances possibly risking his reputation with the shogun just goes to show how much he cared about Jin which makes it more Sad at the end

[@lanor987]

"I have no honor, but i won't kill my family" Okay i'm crying again🙂

[@Muzzle1300]

I thought the title was called “Tradition IS Sacrifice” and honestly wish that was one of Jin’s quotes to his uncle to justify his path

[@negachin2948]

Dude when my horse died I felt awful, and holy hell the rest of the game did not make that pain get easier AT ALL. What a masterpiece.

[@kokomotik]

3:20 beginning of the best part

[@ZaamNoodle]

I get shivers at this part, the sound track is an absolute masterpiece

[@Berd413]

When I replayed this game on the Director’s Cut, when fighting Shimura, I chose not to use ghost stance or dance of wrath because the fight was meaningful. Even though I died a few times. This fight is truly heartbreaking

[@JarlBalgruff_]

I had no resolve during my fight lmao because I did the Khotun Khan and the Shimura fight back to back. I felt it was more authentic. Jin just finished killing Khotun Khan and he can't even get a moment's rest and he immediately has to go and meet hus uncle. His headspace is at an all time low and he just wants to protect the people and honor his uncle, the one who raised him. It honestly felt poetic to me. PS sorry for the long ass para lol.

[@camdenhilscher5770]

1:41 when that cello comes in I always get the shivers. THIS SONG IS FIRE FOR REAL

[@fatetaker4507]

"You want to get revenge for my errors" "THIS ISNT MY REVENGE,IT IS MY PUNISHMENT!" "I WILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE REMEMBERED AS A GREAT LEADER A WISE WARRIOR AND A FATHER" "Thank you my son.Find me in the next life" "I will" *FIN*

[@Staigeschannel]

"Our final day together... It is beautiful."

[@kanaray9646]

The tears coming down Shimuras face 😥😭

[@mr.wideman2006]

Eyes that saw my pain A fate neither of us want Will death redeem us?

[@Dr.JamesWilson]

The fact that Last of Us 2 stole the award for Best Soundtrack is just sad. The creators put their hearts and souls into this game's music.

[@TheOrderOfHiddenOnes]

Agreed 😢.

[@Sal_II14]

they didnt even nominated GoT for the best scores

[@Disconnect350]

"The wounds you dealt my spirit will never heal."

[@zten9092]

"Killing me will only make them worse. "

[@thedarkness3766]

“This is not my revenge, it is my punishment!”

[@andreimixcraf4261]

"Let me go in peace!"

[@fellascallmethedrink]

@@thedarkness3766 Felt so bad for Shimura when he said that, you could tell he never wanted to kill Jin, he still loved him after everything. The Shogun was making him do this so he could regain his "honor".

[@frostmitten67]

Our final day together. It is beautiful.

[@ahmedashraf-1458]

Cyberpunk has to be too good to beat this game for GOTY. Make your move, CD Projekt.

[@pawepetek7294]

Cyberpunk will release after the deadline for GOTY so it won't be nominated

[@ahmedashraf-1458]

@@pawepetek7294 Maybe Sony paid them to release it later then.

[@pawepetek7294]

@@ahmedashraf-1458 your comment is the stupidest thing I've ever seen lmao Cyberpunk gets delayed cause it still has problems and it looks mediocre on trailers. Not gonna be surprised if it's a mediocre game.

[@herbertsantos5976]

The last of us 2 is goty,you crazy?

[@herbertsantos5976]

@Genghis Khan the last of us 2 is goty

[@BenjaminIce2003]

Congratulations to the truly GOTY 2020

[@RW-7949]

Bro seeing Jin cry at the end after killing lord shimura is really sad, it’s like you actually there

[@Iamav15]

Although we all grew to like Jins Tio through out the game, killing him in the end is painful as fans but in theory it IS the right choice to make. If you choose to not to, his Tio probably goes back to the Shogun without doing what he was set out to do and more than likely he’d feel shamed more than he already had at that point. Jin has no “honor” as the Ghost but as the “son” to his Tio, the feelings are more apparent at that point in the game of what needs to be done.

[@JAYDOG1337A]

"Eyes that saw my pain, a bond broken forever... this is where we part"

[@divineshrek3307]

“ The wounds you've dealt to my spirit. . .will never heal. . . ”

[@swaroopnarayanan1898]

The wounds this song dealt to my soul shall never heal 😢😢

[@therealjohnmarston]

Killing me will only make them worse

[@HellGatyr]

2 dislikes from shogun and khotun khan

[@tgdude6379]

Now it's 3 the emporer of Japan has joined

[@gaulopedes2974]

Ryuzo got the 4th dislike

[@kaybevang536]

Be funny if Jin founded the ninja arts and then the Shinobi and Hattori ninja clans

[@honeybadger1245]

Lord Shimura got the 5th dislike

[@azazel166]

@@tgdude6379 The emperor was just a figurehead at the time, and had no real power.

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

“The wounds you have caused me, will never heal” “Killing me will only make them worse” “Please let me go in peace” “This is not my revenge… it is my punishment” Years later and it still sends me chills and makes me emotional as fuck

[@KingdonIV]

" this is not my revenge, *it is my punishment* ” -lord shimura

[@Fate_Breaker]

Eyes that saw my pain a fate neither of us want this is where we part .. - jin sakai

[@ryxn44]

It’s early... but I can’t think of a boss fight that had me more emotional and conflicted than this one. “You have no honor” “And you are a slave to it” shit hit me so hard and as soon as he said the shogun has branded you a traitor... jesus. What a great game. Amazing way to go out for ps4. Will be getting it platinum and replaying it. Hope they add new game plus though, the lack of new game plus and the occasionally dumbass camera during combat were literally my only complaints from this game. I didn’t want to put it down. All the side quests are actually fun, i care for all the side characters that have their own quests... this game is all around just incredible.

[@jaypostromboli-jpgamertv-457]

Welp, one of your complaints is now outdated.

[@ryxn44]

@@jaypostromboli-jpgamertv-457 damn right! And legends is even better than I expected too. Sucker Punch did their thing with this one.

[@jaypostromboli-jpgamertv-457]

@@ryxn44 Agreed. This is genuinely the best game I have EVER played. And I've played BOTW and Halo.

[@Melonguy1337]

“Strength in every step” “A fate neither of us want” “Will death set us free?” -My last words of clan Sakai

[@mohamedalsabe2900]

Let's hope that they will make a sequel to this magnificent game.

[@tumancofavorito7212]

I think SP will pressent it in the next state of play, i heard about a game of sucker punch called "Ghost of Kamakura" and the first i thing is in a sequel of this beautifull game...

[@ExplosiveVitaminC]

Fighting him on lethal has now allowed me to memorize every line of his dialogue and idk if I love it or hate it

[@XiangYu94]

This track is amazing. It’s got Ennio Morricone vibes during the build-up, and the part that starts around 2:20 perfectly depicts the pent up emotion between the two characters being unleashed on each other as they trade blows.

[@hyjaph]

I'm back after watching the Game of the Year Awards... Ghost of Tsushima is the real winner.

[@json5467]

"I will miss this.." "...So will I.."

[@brickch.6502]

*spoiler* I hadn't the strength of killing Shimura, not after losing Taka, my first horse Kage and Yuriko. Even if I played mainly as a samurai and less as the ghost, I couldn't grant his wish. It would have been too heartbreaking... :')

[@dedsecmania4458]

I chose the spare ending as well because its like the logical ending for me, jin is no longer a samurai, he is now the ghost, a warrior with no honor till the end and i like how he puts on the mask tafter he said line and walked away, simbolizing his choice of accepting the no honor path

[@depthsothenso813]

If you spare Shimura, he's going commit seppuku for being spared by the ghost and return to the Shogun empty handed. Plus he can't start a family until he kills Jin and that the clans from the mainland were going to replace him after his past failures at Komodaa beach along with the bridge bombing that was hinted by the conversations among Samurais.

[@thephantasm94]

i choosed the spare ending because i couldn't bring myself to kill lord shimura.

[@SolidWolfs_TrunKMonkey]

This game definetly deserved game of the year, loved it!

[@Inari0444]

“You have no honour” “and you are a slave to it”

[@AverageSensei]

The Devs were appointed permanent embassadors of Tsushima. Tell me, how many times have you seen a masterpiece like this?! GOT will be 2020 GOTY in the world's eyes, except America.

[@user-qz3yw7uq6g]

You people keep crying about Americans being so dumb yet you can’t even understand the difference between America and the United States of America.

[@averagecayde6enjoyer520]

yeah, how tf was it Los pt 2? that game was so shit istg. I expected it to be doom or Gos.

[@conorstabler6093]

That had to be one of the most beautiful spots to pick for that scene.

[@ioerror]

I love this games whole concept of Honor and Tradition Vs Guerilla Warfare and dirty tricks. The samurai code has brought order to Tsushima, yet it made them rigid and predictable. The Ghosts tactics were effective but also brutal, savage and inhumane, but so were the mongols. If people look up to the Ghost and lose faith in the samurai, they would question their laws put in place by them and resort to governing themselves which could lead to violent anarchy. Never have I ever seen a game with such an interesting concept.

[@just1randomguy658]

Right? Like, I understand both sides and their viewpoints and I still find it difficult for me to just agree with either Jin or Shimura

[@venomclown1134]

"The wounds you dealt my soul will never heal" As the family disappointment, that cut so deep.

[@Professor_Pandemonium]

I don’t think I’ve ever been so emotional in a video game since lee died in the walking dead series very few game endings bring me to tears many were shed this day and many will be shed again once I replay this phenomenon of a game. What a experience…

[@VerydumbAlot]

When I got my first PS after a long time this is the first game I bought, worth every penny. How did this game not win GOTY???

[@fullsendabeerforme2988]

@@VerydumbAlot because it's hard for exclusives to make game of the year. Most games that win are games that everybody can play. That's exactly why elden ring won GOTY instead of God of war.

[@BlueB360]

3:21 Gives me chills every time

[@MR.ICE.]

2:03 that part is so beautiful

[@IdontKnow-su8nh]

My favorite part for sure

[@italobartolone6798]

After playing this i loved this game how jin evolved from being an honorary samurai to being the ghost such a legendary way of development

[@Itsunobaby]

When I played ghost of Tsushima around launch I knew it was gonna be a PlayStation classic as soon as I finished the game

[@mkaplan1383]

1:35 "The wounds you dealt my spirit will never heal...."

[@Daban-Abbas]

As a guy with a depression, it is games like this that makes me forget, no medication is as effective as a good game, when i was playing this i was forgetting about all the things that happened in my life, the stupid decisions i have made that put me in where i am, that is how a game should be, no agenda no political, we want to forget the world and escape it that is why older guys like me(32 years) and older are still playing games.

[@microteam4]

Keep it up! One day you'll truly smile and appreciate every single thing about life. Depression is a desease but also a period which includes a beginning and an end. You've lived the beginning but it will end sooner or later, life is full of surprises, don't give up!

[@Daban-Abbas]

@@microteam4 thank you so much for your beautiful words, really appreciate it, people like you makes the world a better place and give you hopes that it is not all bad.

[@zeemo7751]

This game hits PTSD for me( as the character of jin you feel the physical therapy of owning your craft and the spiritual message of his struggles. The first AC did that for me then Revelations.

[@villager96]

This track has both Jin and Shimura’s leitmotifs. So sad and beautiful